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diff --git a/trunk/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/appendixb.xml b/trunk/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/appendixb.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 4b759b9..0000000 --- a/trunk/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/appendixb.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ - - <appendix id="appendixb-0"> - <title>Security Note on Configuring SMB Printers</title> - <highlights> - <para>This appendix provides a security note related to the configuration -of printers on Windows network shares.</para> - </highlights> - <indexterm> - <primary>Samba</primary> - <see>SMB</see> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>Windows network shares</primary> - <see>SMB</see> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>SMB</primary> - <secondary>configuring printers</secondary> - </indexterm> - <para>Windows network shares are also referred to as Samba or <firstterm>SMB</firstterm> -shares. When you configure a printer on an SMB share, you must enter a username -and password for the print queue. </para> - <para>The username and password for the print queue is stored as unencrypted -text in the file <filename>/etc/cups/printers.conf</filename>. -This file has read-only permissions for users with root privileges, so any -user with root privileges can read the username and password for the print -queue. </para> - <para>To reduce the impact of possible security violations, ensure that the -username and password required to access the print queue is used only for -the print queue. This ensures that any possible security violation is restricted -to unauthorized use of the print queue.</para> - </appendix> |